Fires and smoke near Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk, Russia

Considerably smokier than two days before, this image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite shows numerous fires burning in south central Russia's Krasnoyarsk region on May 24, 2002.

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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published May 28, 2002
Data acquired May 24 - 24, 2002

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Topic:

Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Fires

Collection:

Visible Earth